PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jhon Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smokey Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bodies, by Drowning Pool. This should be fireworks!

Holmes
vs
Sullivan

190 cm
22
250 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

191 cm
23
257 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jhon Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Smokey Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Sullivan misses the target.
Holmes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sullivan moves forwards but Holmes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sullivan throws the kick towards the body but Holmes avoids it.
Sullivan misses the shot to the body.
Sullivan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Holmes. That one must have hurt.
A clash of legs there as Holmes blocks the low kick.
Sullivan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holmes.
A head kick misses from Sullivan.

Holmes has managed to clinch.
Sullivan tries to break free but Holmes pushes him back against the cage.
Sullivan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Holmes has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes with a knee to the head.

It looks like Smokey Sullivan has been cut.
Sullivan looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes lands a knee to the head.
Holmes lands a nice knee to the body.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks with his arms.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the temple.
Holmes throws an elbow but it misses.
Holmes lands a knee to the body.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sullivan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Holmes.
Holmes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sullivan's defenses.
Holmes misses with the head strike.
Holmes lands an elbow inside.
Holmes lands a hook that snaps the head of Sullivan backwards.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sullivan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Holmes throws an elbow but misses.
Holmes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holmes lands a nice elbow.
Holmes stalling against the cage.
Holmes lands a hook that snaps the head of Sullivan backwards.
Holmes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes works on Sullivan's body with a couple of short punches.
Holmes with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes scores with a knee to the head.
Holmes misses with an elbow strike.
Holmes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Holmes with a knee to the head.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks with his arms.
Holmes lands a nice shot to the body.
Holmes has Sullivan pushed against the cage.
Holmes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sullivan's efforts to push away.
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sullivan blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes has Sullivan pressed against the cage, preventing Sullivan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Holmes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holmes stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Holmes lands a nice elbow.
Holmes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sullivan is trying to break free.
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holmes lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Holmes fails to land.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks with his arms.
Holmes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holmes misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sullivan wants to break free but Holmes has control.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sullivan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sullivan avoids the elbow strike from Holmes, against the cage.
Holmes lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Sullivan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes has a couple of punches blocked by Sullivan.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.
Sullivan pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sullivan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jhon Holmes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Smokey Sullivan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Holmes is looking to clinch but Sullivan is avoiding it.
Sullivan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Holmes moves into the clinch.
Jhon Holmes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holmes.
Holmes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sullivan backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Holmes has Sullivan pressed against the cage, preventing Sullivan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Sullivan breaks the clinch.
Holmes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sullivan can do to turn this around?

Holmes drops Sullivan with a beautiful combination! Sullivan stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Holmes is looking for the KO!
Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sullivan.

Holmes gets a clinch.
Sullivan tries to break free but Holmes pushes him back against the cage.
Holmes gets through Sullivan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the temple.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sullivan is breathing heavily.
Holmes working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Holmes.
Holmes works on Sullivan's body with a couple of short punches.
Holmes scores a nice knee to the body.
Holmes lands with a light punch inside.
Sullivan is trying to force a seperation but Holmes has the dominant position.
Holmes lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Holmes lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Holmes on the inside.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks it.
Holmes lands an elbow inside that Sullivan shrugs off.
Holmes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Smokey Sullivan's cut even more.
Holmes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holmes lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes landing knees to the body.
Holmes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes lands an elbow just above Sullivan 's eye.
Holmes landing knees to the head.
Holmes crunches a lovely knee into Sullivan's ribcage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Holmes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Holmes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Holmes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Holmes connects with a knee to the head.
Sullivan takes a shot to the head.
Sullivan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sullivan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes connects with a knee to the head.
Holmes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sullivan wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmes won't allow it.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sullivan dodges an elbow strike from Holmes.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes misses with some punches.
Holmes pushes off an throws an elbow but Sullivan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sullivan being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sullivan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holmes.
Holmes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Holmes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sullivan is trying to break the clinch but Holmes is controlling him.
Sullivan is looking to break free of the clinch but Holmes has double underhooks.
Holmes gets through Sullivan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sullivan tries to break free but Holmes pushes him back against the cage.
Holmes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Holmes working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jhon Holmes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Smokey Sullivan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sullivan lands with a hook. Holmes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Jhon Holmes has been cut.
Sullivan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jhon Holmes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Holmes throws a nice looking combination but Sullivan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Sullivan does no damage.
Sullivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holmes was well out of range. Poor timing from Sullivan.
Holmes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sullivan lands with a straight right. Holmes didn't see that one coming.
Holmes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Sullivan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sullivan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sullivan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holmes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sullivan.
Sullivan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sullivan thows a body shot but no joy.
Holmes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Holmes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sullivan is trying to break the clinch but Holmes has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Holmes pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Holmes misses with a knee to the head.
Holmes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holmes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sullivan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Holmes connects with a knee to the head.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sullivan.
Holmes lands a nice elbow.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks with his arms.
Sullivan blocks an elbow strike.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Sullivan blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sullivan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Holmes pushes off an throws an elbow but Sullivan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes keeps control of Sullivan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Holmes working aggressively here.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sullivan can't break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice left hand lands by Holmes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Holmes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sullivan's brow.
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but Sullivan is blocking nicely.
Sullivan wants to break free but Holmes has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holmes.
Holmes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Sullivan breaks the clinch.
Holmes wants to clinch up but Sullivan keeps it at a distance.
Sullivan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Holmes defending well as Sullivan loads up on a big left hand.
Holmes blocks a jab.

Holmes clinches up with Sullivan and pushes him back against the cage.
Holmes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sullivan tries to circle away but Holmes has him pinned against the cage.
Sullivan wants to get back to striking at distance but Holmes won't allow it.
Jhon Holmes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Holmes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smokey Sullivan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Holmes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Holmes.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Holmes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sullivan's face.
A shot in the inside from Holmes.
Holmes gets through Sullivan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Holmes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sullivan has had enough of the clinch but Holmes keeps him there for the moment.
Sullivan is trying to break free.
Sullivan is trying to stall.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sullivan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Smokey Sullivan.
Well Holmes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:26
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:26
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jhon Holmes!